Think Cali holds the monopoly on surfing in the continental US? Kook, please. “California surfing is garbage,” says Peter Panagiotis, pointing to the Golden State’s hyper-crowded waters and beaches with their overly rude surfer dude ‘tudes. His aka is Peter Pan — a sobriquet very apt for the young-at-heart 75-year-old, who started at 13, and … Read more
Size really does matter — but not how you think. When it comes to raking in cash on OnlyFans, new data from Supercreator reveals that shorter women are stomping all over their taller rivals — earning up to 34% more subscribers, with fans who spend 30–45% more per interaction and stick around nearly twice as long. … Read more
Southwest Airlines became the latest US carrier on Wednesday to withdraw its financial forecast as President Trump’s trade war has created the biggest uncertainty for the industry since the COVID-19 pandemic. With little clarity on how consumers will behave in the face of a potentially worsening economy, airlines are struggling to accurately forecast their business. Travel is a discretionary item for many … Read more
Hosts at rival Chicago sports talk radio stations have a very different sense of what’s going on at Halas Hall. Earlier this week, the Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron midway through his first year on the job, as Caleb Williams and the offense have been anemic in recent weeks, especially in a loss this … Read more
When a fundraising email from the California Department of Education arrived in reporter Thomas Fuller’s inbox in November 2021, informing him of the unbeaten season that a local school football team were having, he thought little of it — until he realized it was the Cubs, the team from the California School for the Deaf (CSDR) … Read more
Surprising news has engulfed the hot dog eating world and nobody can digest it. Joey Chestnut, the No. 1-ranked eater in the world, won’t be chowing down on hotdogs on July 4 at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest due to his partnership with Impossible Foods. It’s an irreplaceable void, his belly-filling competitors say. “It’s a … Read more
He was a good friend to have in his pocket. A Pennsylvania man who once blasted his pool rival in a bitter Facebook post handed his competitor the ultimate apology by giving him the “Cadillac of kidneys” a decade later. Russ Redhead discovered James Harris Jr. desperately needed a kidney while competing at a pool … Read more
Talk about the Big Apple. A whopping 60% of New Yorkers are either overweight or obese — a sad statistic that weighed Gotham down considerably in a new ranking of America’s healthiest cities. The city that never sleeps huffed and puffed its way onto the list at No. 18 overall, out of 182 US burgs. New … Read more
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. The IIHS, a safety research arm of the insurance industry, also said there is no evidence that Autopilot or other assisted-driving systems … Read more
In ‘Trash Talk – The Only Book About Destroying Your Rivals That Isn’t Total Garbage’ (Public Affairs), Rafi Kohan charts the history of sports’ braggarts and blabbermouths to find out why they hurl insults and what it achieves. From ‘holler guys’ and ‘bench jockeying’ in baseball to ‘sledging’ in cricket, trashtalk permeates most sports. In fact, given it dates … Read more
More than 2,000 miles away from Manhattan’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a group of eager elementary school kids are giving the New York City procession a run for its money. In the quaint city of Enumclaw, Washington, just an hour southeast of Seattle, the tiny tots put on their own rendition of the Turkey Day … Read more
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” imagined if time froze over and Donald Trump finally appeared at a Republican debate. While the real former president and current GOP frontrunner spent Saturday night taking in a UFC fight in Madison Square Garden, his “SNL” alter ego was gleefully belittling his Republican competitors and reminding viewers who’s top dog. … Read more
Perhaps Leatherface had a summer retreat. A house that rivals the set of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was discovered in rural England where hooked animal carcasses and shotgun shells — along with a literal rusty chainsaw — ran amuck in the dilapidated property. But the real story behind this Herefordshire property is more somber than it … Read more
This new weight loss shot comes with the benefits of Wegovy – without the dreaded Ozempic face. Researchers at Syracuse University and Seattle Children’s Research Institute are experimenting with a new weight loss shot that rivals its competitors already on the market, with the results of a gastric bypass surgery but without the side effects. … Read more